Document · map
Boston
Boston, [ca. 1887] — Boston (Mass.)--Maps. Held by Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection. Pages 179-180 from an atlas. Oriented with north to the upper left. Includes reference to figures. In lower margin: 179. Left half of a map of Philadelphia on verso. "Engraved for the People's Publishing Co." Manuscript line in pencil added marking Harvard Bridge (constructed in 1887).
Document
- Type
- map
- Publisher
- Boston Public Library
- Published, as stated
- [ca. 1887]
- Language
- en
- Media type
image/jpeg- Size
- 448239 bytes
- Preservation
- preserved
- Digest (SHA-256)
089ebf015aa112e5ad7b978f094c414f64e9e351219f013f3a3352f85f7c45f7
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Who wrote Boston, and who published it?
Boston Public Library published it, [ca. 1887].
Attested by: Boston Public Library digital collections, retrieved 5 September 2026, under No known copyright restrictions.
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Attested by: Boston Public Library digital collections, retrieved 5 September 2026, under No known copyright restrictions.
Related records
- depicts — Boston
Identity
- Identifier
- urn:lemay:boston:document:boston-12
- Canonical URL
- https://boston.fyi/document/boston-12
- As JSON
- https://boston.fyi/document/boston-12.json
- Version
- 1 · last changed 5 September 2026
Provenance
- Source
- Boston Public Library digital collections — source of record
- License
- No known copyright restrictions (public_domain)
- Retrieved
- 5 September 2026
- Source identifier
- commonwealth:0g35bk316
- Attribution
- Boston Public Library
- Rights as stated
- No known copyright restrictions.
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| 5 | link | tied the record to the places this archive already holds that the item's own geographic subjects name; no entity was created to receive a link | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |